Although you must have heard many reports of cyber fraud, but the news coming out from the business city of Mumbai is being discussed in the entire country. In fact, a seventy year old couple from South Mumbai, who were earlier working in a major corporate house, have been made bankrupt by cyber criminals. The couple lost over Rs 4 crore in cyber fraud within four months.
The wife has complained to the Cuffe Parade police regarding the matter. He told that first of all he had received a call from a woman who claimed that she was an employee of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation. The caller also told the name of the company where the complainant’s husband was earlier working. Not only this, the woman who called had also given his PAN card number and retirement details.
After hearing so much information about themselves from the woman, the couple became convinced that the call had come from the Employees Provident Fund Organisation. Police said the caller told the complainant that the money kept by her husband’s company for investment in the provident fund had matured after 20 years and she was now entitled to receive Rs 11 crore.
After this the woman caller asked to transfer money for payment of TDS, GST and Income Tax. An FIR was lodged on Tuesday after the couple’s accounts in a private bank were found empty. Over time, the caller demanded more money from the complainant for different reasons. The complainant kept sending money to the bank accounts given by the caller. The accused used more than a dozen bank accounts to receive Rs 4 crore.
Regarding the matter, an official said that the couple’s bank accounts were emptied in four months. After this, when the complainant told the caller that he did not have any money left, he started threatening him. The caller said that the amount he had paid would be confiscated and the Income Tax Department would reach his home.